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Thursday, November 18, 2010

The glitter house that is. Over the weekend I cut out the parts, glued it together, and got on the white base coat. I did not start this from scratch: I repurposed a microwave popcorn box. The base is assembled from pizza box lid. Thank goodness the lid was totally clean!

Because I was working within the dimensions of my recycled box, I had to scale up the measurements. Not as hard as it sounds, I just multiplied everything by 1.5, except for the light hole in the back. I've got a special idea for that one. My lighted house is going to be cord free.

Tuesday, November 9, 2010

My Christmas decor has always been a foregone conclusion. Pull out all the hand me downs, from both sides of the family, and display. End of story. For good or bad, that is changing this year. Maybe all of my blog reading has ruined me for another year of same old, same old.

I didn't know it at the time, but I bought my inspiration just after last Christmas. We always go upstate to visit my parents, and I always make a point to visit The Old Mill Antiques. I think they're in Muncy? Anyhoo, they're a great resource for one of my loves, vintage linens. And vintage cocktail glasses, but that's more the husband's thing.

I came across this reindeer hand embroidered tea towel and fell in love. I bought it with no idea of what I was going to do with it.

For a while I thought it might become an apron. With a background of some cool pink fabric, the cut down tea towel would make a cute pinafore layer. But something has stopped me from cutting into it.

I think I'm starting to realize that it's all about the colors. It started two weeks ago when I was trying to find last minute Halloween decor at Home Goods. What did I see... super cute tinsel in feather trees in wonderful cotton candy colors. Garland and wreaths to match. Hmmm, an idea is brewing.